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    his happiness. Ty O’Relish needs not to say a word for his eyes spoke a sweet song of feast and slumber upon Prince Ty’s hall. Devon thought in his head‚ “For my dear friend Ty O’Relish is butter to my buns but forsake me not‚ I do not like running through a field of daisies as a schoolboy and school girl with him.” The wrath of his mother dearest was upon him and she silently swore sour sleeping to sunrise and Satan shouted superbly for he won the war between Devon going or not‚ and from there was

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    The age of exploration revolutionized the world and everything changed. The United States was founded because of the age of exploration and the European Explorers affected our future as a country. New crops were discovered and made available to the wealthy Europeans. The explorers found a whole society full of indigenous people and converted most to Christianity. They also introduced new technologies that were foreign to the natives. Europeans explorers changed the culture of the indigenous people

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    Religion Brought a Light to the Dark Ages The dark ages have been known as a period of decline during the middle ages; however‚ the time is not dark from a religious standpoint. The time is considered dark‚ because of the cultural and economic decline in the Western Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire. The term dark ages became about‚ because of the backward ways of life everyone soon started taking on. The advancements in new practices of living soon came to a halt and old methods soon starting

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    The Odyssey is an epic poem about the greek gods‚ goddesses‚ and monsters but is there an absence of an epic hero in this poem? Odysseus -the reigning king of Ithaca- was taking part in the Trojan War for 10 long years. After the Trojan War‚ he was thrown of his course by the gods and goddesses. These gods were upset by how Odysseus had overthrown and held hostages during the war. He was then traveling another 10 years to return to his home‚ Ithaca. On and on he raced to go home while overcoming

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    true emotions towards death ‚ crying and dramatical feelings were more common to see ‚ death was now harder to accept . As in the Middle Ages Death was looked after as something common and not to be afraid of .During the middle ages people were so acclimated to death they showed little to no emotion ‚ they knew it was  a natural part of life . ” In the Middle Ages the dead were entrusted to or rather abandoned to the care of the Church‚ and the exact location of their place of burial was of little

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    From 1800-1900‚ it was the period called the Age of Isms. An ism is a belief system or theory. During the Age of Isms‚ many belief systems were created and some were even feared or hated by other isms. Many theories were developed during the 19th century to address problems in society‚ including liberalism‚ nationalism‚ and conservatism‚ but nationalism was the most influential because of its political ideology. Some many questions were left unanswered that was believed reforms would answer‚ but

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    sadfsdfsdfdfasdfffffffffaFrom the beginning of time‚ mythology has appeared to be one key method of understanding life’s confusions and battles. Within these myths lies a hero. From myth to myth and story to story‚ heroes experience what may be called a struggle or a journey‚ which lays down their plot line. Bearing tremendous strength‚ talent‚ and significant admiration‚ a hero holds what is precious to their audience‚ heroism. Over time however‚ no matter the hero‚ the hero’s role remains indistinguishable

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    Europe was in a dark age for the following reasons. Thousands of people died from the bubonic plague‚ crusades were intense‚ and power of the government. For instance‚ the bubonic plague‚ also known as the “black death”‚ spread around at rapid speed. According to the Black Death document‚ “The plague infected the Indians in India‚ the Sind‚ the Persians‚ and the Crimea. … killing daily one thousand or more and destroying the population.” Many knights died because of the crusades‚ some of their man

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    Helen In The Odyssey

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    The Odyssey is mainly about men and their heroic triumphs and mighty deaths‚ which cast a shadow over the strong women. Most of the women are thought to be either motherly figures or romantic interests‚ but in truth‚ they are so much more‚ just like in present day society. Perhaps the most strong of all mortal characters is Penelope‚ the loyal wife of Odysseus. Although she is bombarded with suitors who stay at her house‚ she has managed to not give in. She has come up with multiple ways to stall

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    Monster In The Odyssey

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    Nevertheless‚ Siren has lots widely different images in numerous artistic works and stories. For example‚ Homer‚ ancient Greek author of Odyssey‚ portray Scylla as a sea monster who has dog likes voice and strange looks-twelve feet‚ six long necks and each with fearful head. She live on a side of narrow‚ and eat passers. As a sea monster‚ she is cruel

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